2015 Generali Ladies Linz
# 2015 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2015 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2015 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, on 12–18 October 2015.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,200 | $3,420 | $2,220 | $1,285 | $750 |
| Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

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## Singles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 1 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 2 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 16 | 3 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 21 | 4 |
| SVK | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 27 | 5 |
| ITA | Camila Giorgi | 31 | 6 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 32 | 7 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 34 | 8 |

* Rankings as of October 5, 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Barbara Haas
* Tamira Paszek
* Andrea Petkovic
* Lucie Šafářová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kiki Bertens
* Klára Koukalová
* Aleksandra Krunić
* Stefanie Vögele

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Johanna Konta

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Sara Errani →replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
* Daniela Hantuchová →replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
* Madison Keys →replaced by Misaki Doi
* Karin Knapp →replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
* Tsvetana Pironkova →replaced by Andreea Mitu
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (viral illness) → replaced by Johanna Konta

## Doubles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 31 | 1 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 41 | 2 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 65 | 3 |
| GER | Julia Görges | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 66 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of October 5, 2015

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Annika Beck / Tamira Paszek
* Sandra Klemenschits / Carina Witthöft

## Champions

### Singles

* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6–4, 6–3

### Doubles

* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–3, 7–5
